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Copyright, 1892, 1898, 1900 

1903, 1907, 1908 

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INSCRIBED 

^ITH ALL FAITH AND AFF^b^ION — 

To_a//, the little children: — The hagy^ones; and sad ones; 

The sober and the jilent ones; the boisterous and glad ones; 

The good ones-Q^es, the good ones, too ; and all the lovely bad ones. 







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LITTLE OBPHANT ANNIE she Imoivs riddles, rhymes and things! 

Knows 'bout the Witches 'at rides brooms, ari' Imps 'at flies with wiT 
The same as hats er Ughtnin'-hngs! — Afi' Imoivs 'bout Elng-nio-rees 
'At thist can take an' turn their selves in anything they please ! 
''A]i' childerns all, both great an' small," she says, an' rolls her eyes 

When ive're a-listnun', all so still, ^'you needen' be surprise' 
Ef right this livin' minuf — 'fore ye knoiv they's one about — 
'At the GOBBLE-UNS 'II git ye— 

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LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE 

Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay, 
An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away, 
An' shoo the chickens off the porch, an' dust the hearth, an' sweep, 
An' make the fire, an' bake the bread, an' earn her board-an'-keep ; 
An' all us other childern, when the supper things is done, 
We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun 
A-list'nin' to the witch-tales 'at Annie tells about, 
An' the Gobble-uns 'at gits you 
Ef you 
Don't 

Watch 
Out! 



Onc't they was a little boy wouldn't say his prayers, — 
So when he went to bed at night, away np stairs. 
His Mammy heerd him holler, an' his Daddy heerd him bawl. 
An' when they turn't the kivvers down, he wasn't there at all ! 
An' they seeked him in the rafter-room, an' cubby-hole, an' press. 
An' seeked him up the chimbly-flue, an' ever'wheres, I guess ; 
But all they ever found was thist his pants and roundabout : — 
An' the Grobble-uns '11 git you 
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An' one time a little girl 'ud alius laugh an' grin, 
An' make fun of ever'one, an' all her blood an' kin ; 
An' onc't, when they was " company," an' ole folks was there, 
She mocked 'em an' shocked 'em, an' said she didn't care ! 
An' thist as she kicked her heels, an' turn't to run an' hide, 
They was two great big Black Things a-standin' by her side, 
An' they snatched her through the ceilin' 'fore she knowed what she's about ! 
An' the Gobble-uns '11 git you 
Ef you 
Don't 

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An' little Orphant Annie says, when the blaze is blue, 
An' the lamp-wick sputters, an' the wind goes woo-oo ! 
An' you hear the crickets quit, an' the moon is gray, 
An' the lightnin'-bugs in dew is all squenched away, — 
You better mind yer parents, an' yer teachers fond an' dear. 
An' churish them 'at loves you, an' dry the orphant's tear, 
An' he'p the pore an' needy ones 'at clusters all about, 
Er the Gobble-uns '11 git you 
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BILLY MILLEH'S CIRC US -SHOW 

At Billy Miller's Circus-Show— 

In their old stable where it's at — 
The boys pays twenty pins to go, 

An' gits their money's-worth at that ! — 
'Cause Billy he can climb an' chalk 
His stockin'-feet an' purt'-nigh walk 
A tight-rope — yes, an' ef he fall 
He'll ketch, an' "skin a cat" — 'at's all ! 



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He ain't afeard to swing an' hang 

1st by his legs ! — an' mayby stop 
An' yell '-look out ! " an' nen — k-spang ! 
He'll let loose, upside-down, an' drop 
Wite on his hands ! An' nen he'll do 
"Contortion-acts" — ist limber through 
As "Injarubber Mens" 'at goes 
With shore-fer-certain circus-shows ! 




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At Billy Miller's Circiis-Show 

He's got a circus-ring — an' they's 
A dressin'-room, — so's he can go 

An' dress an' paint up when he plays 
He's somepin' else; — 'cause sometimes he's 
"Ringmaster'' — bossin' like he please — 
An' sometimes "Ephalunt" — er "Bare- 
Back Rider," prancin' out o' there ! 



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